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Gene differences that impact response to Cryptococcus identified
Using human data, a new study has examined how Cryptococcus genes impact patients with Cryptococcus Neoformans.
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Crystals mapped to advance treatments for stroke, diabetes and dementia
Researchers haved mapped the crystal structure of a protein to find out how a drug latches onto it.
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Statement issued by FDA on stem cell clinic’s permanent injunction
The FDA has released a statement on US Stem Cell Clinic LLC and US Stem Cell Inc's permanent injunction.
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Job cuts limit cardiovascular and diabetes research and development
Pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, will eliminate jobs in France and Germany and end new in-house cardiology research programmes.
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Scientists have discovered important redundancies in T cells
Redundancies have been discovered in the biochemical signalling pathways of immune cells which could impact cancer immunotherapy.
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Protective antibodies identified that could be key to malaria vaccine
A new study has identified antibodies that may hold the key to creating the first effective vaccine against malaria infection in the blood.
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Potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s discovered
New study finds a promising antagonist that blocks specific interaction between the protein apoE and amyloid precursor protein.
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Study reveals vulnerability of common pathogenic viruses
Researchers have developed a stabilisation technique for widespread viruses, creating drug opportunity.
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‘CRISPR babies’ may have shorter life expectancy
A study of almost half a million people links a mutation that protects against HIV infection to an earlier death.
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Update on the development of new novel cancer immunotherapy
The SCIB2 vaccine is to to be administered using new nanoparticle formulation in planned Phase 1/2 clinical trial.
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New study finally explains the link between inflammation and gastric cancer
Researchers have finally shown how inflammation caused by H. pylori infection causes the proliferation of gastric epithelial stem cells, leading to gastric tumours.
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Artificial chemical receptor developed to assist in T cell engineering
Engineered T cell immunotherapy (such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and T cell receptor T cell (TCR-T) therapy), could potentially be used as a therapeutic strategy for tumour treatment.
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Single-cell sequencing reveals landscape of immune cell subtypes in lung cancer tumours
Researchers have used single-cell sequencing to map the landscape of myeloid cells in tumours from patients with lung cancer...
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New DNA ‘shredder’ technique goes beyond CRISPR’s scissors
A new CRISPR-based tool that acts more like a shredder is able to wipe out long stretches of DNA in human cells with programmable targeting...
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Zebrafish reveal insights into Parkinson’s
The findings offer clues that could one day lead to treatments for the neurological condition...
